tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607144762948150931.post6584724833956033048..comments2017-08-12T17:12:38.448-07:00Comments on Pension Vocabulary : Impeaching Trump Now: Lawrence Tribe Speaks OutJohn Dillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10516552420300264491noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607144762948150931.post-59682657184780351472017-05-16T18:16:00.569-07:002017-05-16T18:16:00.569-07:00I cannot understand why many states still require ...I cannot understand why many states still require Civics or Government classes for graduation from high school. (Several states have already dropped these requirements.) <br />Corruption as government has replaced the sanity of the actual rule of law. You yourself faced a state representative who told you that she could make any new laws that would break old laws that protected our pensions. Changing shoes for her seems as easy as betraying traditional rules of law and precedent. <br />Dismantling governmental safeguards as part of the donor payback expected of legislators has become the new reality. Well, that basic shift in thinking is precisely what is behind the present dismantling of American government. A talk radio host who denies climate change and has no science background will be appointed head of the EPA by the president. Emergency managers are appointed by governors and mayors to override elected officials from school boards to counties and cities. Appointed school boards for charter schools who are accountable to no one exist in nearly every state. <br />Civics classes? What page in what textbook guarantees the accuracy of that thuggery? How many citizens believe that &quot;do whatever it takes&quot; is better than imperfect government of the people, for the people, and by the people?<br />Will a Republican House majority and Senate 60% vote to impeach a Republican president who has a 39% approval rating by the American people occur? This is reality. Traditional impeachment processes, past and present, do not even mention this.<br />Even the present Supreme Court cannot be counted on to follow the actual rule of law. Supreme Court spinners have replaced Supreme Court justices.<br />Trump is the symptom of the disease of corruption and power. As a symptom, he must be treated and suppressed. His last few interviews have demonstrated a man who is unravelling himself. He will spin out, lose it and leave office before Congress will successfully impeach him.Ken Previtihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513924091013990654noreply@blogger.com